I write from an impossibly beautiful deck looking over an impossibly beautiful backyard pool, distracted by an impossibly beautiful mountain sunset to my right. I’m in Colorado, about ten minutes from where I currently call home. I’ve been dog-sitting this weekend and enjoying a weekend-away-from-home with JT and three of the biggest dogs I’ve ever […]

Hello all, Since I last wrote, there has been one snafu, one unexpected flight, one long road trip, and one newly occupied room in my recent history. I’ll detail them very briefly and catch you up to speed. The housing situation I thought I would move into upon arriving in Denver, Colorado at the end […]

Hello all, I write while leaning on the “breakfast bar” (didn’t know that was a thing) in a gorgeous kitchen in Walterville, Oregon. I’ve been living in this house for almost three weeks, which seems simultaneously longer and shorter than my perception would suggest. Since I last wrote, I’ve traveled through five states. I spent […]

(Written 8/11/2022) Hi all. I write from a United Airlines seat midway through a trans-Atlantic flight. I left Dublin this morning bound for O’Hare Airport, following a by-now-familiar route back to Chicago. It’s been a long couple weeks. I don’t have internet connection at the moment so can’t look back to see when I would […]

Hello all, I write from a coffee shop seating area in Dublin International Airport, enjoying a front-row vantage point for the steady stream of arriving passengers and the occasional jubilant or emotional reunion. I think I’m going to try to move away from making an obligatory opening comment on how long it’s been since I […]

Hello all, I write from an airy, glass-enclosed terminal inside Charles de Gaulle Airport outside Paris, France. I am en route back to Belfast, Northern Ireland – my home for this season. At long last after first applying for my 2-year visa to remain in the UK in Spring 2020, I have moved back over […]

Hello all, This update is even more delinquent than normal and for that I apologize. I write from a bustling terminal that may or may not be anywhere close to the terminal where I’ll eventually need to be. I’m smack dab in the Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City’s international airport) waiting […]

I’m distracted by fun-loving airport staff whipping their luggage vehicles across the tarmac every few seconds, a sight I’m enjoying through a floor-to-ceiling window in Denver International Airport. Currently drinking a 2-for-1 caribou coffee (my ordered latte was mistakenly switched by a patron for theirs), and taking advantage of my normal layover writing time to […]

(Written 8/18/2021) I write from a window seat overlooking what is probably still Montana at this point (it’s a big state). I am en route from Missoula, MT to Chicago after the latest installment of adventure for this summer. Last time I wrote, I was leaving California and on my way back to Illinois to […]